SSC Delivers More than 700 Textbooks to Concurrent Students

Josh Hutton
In this photo, SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger.

SSC GEAR UP Lead Coordinator Leah Martin (left) delivers textbooks to Wetumka High School Counselor Randi Bellinger. As the fall semester began this week, Seminole State College delivered more than 700 textbooks to 420 concurrent students at 38 area high schools. The books were funded through the Scott Empowerment Fund, established following philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s $17 million unrestricted gift to the SSC Educational Foundation.

In this photo, SSC Talent Search Advisor Amanda Thomas (left) delivers textbooks to Liberty Academy Registrar Melody Licklider.

SSC Talent Search Advisor Amanda Thomas (left) delivers textbooks to Liberty Academy Registrar Melody Licklider. Through the Scott Empowerment Fund, concurrent students attending high school within SSC’s five-county service area automatically receive a scholarship covering the cost of books and fees. Combined with Oklahoma’s concurrent tuition waiver, the scholarship allows eligible students to attend SSC at no cost.

In this photo, Prague High School junior Kori Cahoon (left) receives a textbook from SSC GEAR UP Coordinator Kate Sprague.

Prague High School junior Kori Cahoon (left) receives a textbook from SSC GEAR UP Coordinator Kate Sprague. Enrollment for the fall semester remains open through Aug. 21.